India, Dec. 28 -- Eating 'lesser' or more mindfully is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to your skinny stomach goals. Wellness creator Ariana Medizade, who goes by the handle @wellness.pharm on Instagram, shares her no-nonsense guide to achieving what, in the last push of the year, might as well be feeling impossible. Fennel, Ariana elaborates, is an antispasmodic. What this means is that it relaxes the smooth muscles in your gut so gas doesn't build up and you don't feel so uncomfortable after meals. Milk thistle, on the other hand, supports liver detox, helping clear out oestrogen, alcohol and synthetic chemicals. "Stressed people are usually the most constipated," says Ariana. On the scientific front, meditation activates your vagus nerve which switches on the body's rest and digest mode, allowing your gut to actually absorb nutrients plus eliminate whatever it needs to, properly. Meditation also increases vagal tone which improves digestion and lowers gut inflammation over time. Collagen may be largely marketed for skin and nails but it's actually as effective, if not more, when it comes to repairing the gut lining. Ariana explains how the amino acids glycine and proline in collagen help rebuild the gut wall, lower inflammation and help with bile production so the food you eat can actually get digested sans hiccups. Ariana calls this the "OG bloat hack". Most people just don't have enough stomach acid to break down food. Apple cider vinegar triggers acid production, signals digestive enzymes and improves how your stomach empties, so food doesn't just sit there and ferment. All you need is a tablespoon of it in water before meals. 95% of the serotonin in your body is produced in the gut. So when your gut microbiome is off, so is everything else. Probiotics help rebalance the microbiome by repopulating the gut with good bacteria that calm inflammation, improve the immune system and help digest food properly. This is what Ariana calls your digestion's "on switch". Walking activates the migrating motor complex, which is a wave that clears old food and gas out of your small intestine....